Agricultural land in Tanzania

Agricultural land made up 45.1% of the land area of Tanzania in 2024.

Measure: Agricultural land as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Tanzania, 2024 45.1% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 45.1%
World, 2023 36.9% Official aggregate Not the same period as Tanzania (2024).
Position in 2024 79th of 208 See the full ranking

Agricultural land in Tanzania over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Agricultural land as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period TanzaniaWorld
2024 45.1% –
2023 45.1% 36.9%
2022 45.1% 37.0%
2021 44.7% 37.0%
2020 44.7% 36.9%
2019 44.4% 36.9%
2018 44.1% 36.9%
2017 43.9% 37.0%
2016 43.6% 36.8%
2015 43.4% 36.8%
2014 43.2% 37.0%
2013 42.9% 37.0%
2012 42.7% 37.0%
2011 42.4% 36.7%
2010 42.2% 36.5%
2009 42.0% 36.5%
2008 41.7% 36.5%
2007 41.1% 36.6%
2006 40.5% 36.6%
2005 39.9% 36.6%
2004 39.2% 36.6%
2003 38.7% 37.0%
2002 38.6% 37.1%
2001 38.5% 37.2%
2000 38.4% 37.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 43.2%, the figure has changed by +1.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Tanzania has the 79th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.AGRI.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Tanzania
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)